Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index
The first unifications -- Einstein's relativity and Noether's theorem -- The end of the world as we know it -- (Im) probabilities -- The bizarre reality of QED -- Feynman's particles, Schwinger's fields -- Welcome to the subatomic zoo -- The color of quarks -- The weakest link -- The standard model, at last -- The edge of physics -- New dimensions -- Appendix A: -- Quarks and the eightfold way -- Appendix B: Asymptotic freedom -- Appendix C: Interactions of the standard model
